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Just when most of today's major business enterprises think they already have what they need in communications to hit the speed and security highway in top gear, next comes another.

Faster. More secured.

And better performance.

Enter Next Mobile, Inc (NMI) and the power of iDen technology to provide more competitive advantage to enterprises and enable them to further increase their revenues and cut their operating expenses.

Introducing Telematics, a term used in high-tech operations that makes your mobile phone function as an extension of your office computer.

For the past three years, Next Mobile invested in software development, specifically J2ME or Java mobile applications, and now commercially markets a set of innovative and customizable solutions to enterprises, bringing the value of Telematics a reality in the Philippines.

Since most businesses are highly mobile, the use of Telematics constitutes a competitive advantage that gives them the edge to respond to their own markets in a way only Next Mobile can: with Speed, Security and Solutions.

Next Mobile Telematics has developed about 50 applications with five breakthrough Modular Solutions that are now available to give enterprises a definite advantage in their daily operations.

* iWorks: A wireless work dispatch system designed to manage the mobile workforce more effectively in real-time. The application allows wireless dispatch of job orders and real-time update of work progress in the field via the data-enabled Next Mobile phone. iWorks has the following features: Web-enabled Job Dispatch Console - Create and send job orders via the web. Ensures receipt of job order via auto-remind and receipt confirmation feature; Real-time Job Status Display - Updates are wirelessly sent from the field and immediately reflects status of Job order previously created. Timestamps and correspondingly details are displayed in the Dispatch console; Remote confirmation and update - Field personnel inputs status of job orders via their handset and receives confirmation of successful updates; Report and Analysis - Incoming and outgoing transactions are captured for documentation and further analysis.

* iTrack: -provides an easy to use solution to capture employee time record, location and job completion of mobile personnel using a GPS and Java enabled IMX phone. With iTrack, companies can maximize productive time in the field with its remote time-in/time-out feature that includes the location of the employee. …